Despite a rather crazy schedule, we had a great holiday week together.  One of the traditions we decided we wanted to start with our new family was to remember to give service around Christmas.  We planned a trip to the Utah Food Bank to volunteer sorting food for family night on Monday. Sorting turkeys… Ben […]

Well Bree dragged me along to an aerial dance class.  During finals week.  Well, she didn’t drag me but more casually invited me to go.  Being the devoted husband that I am, I tagged along.  I got there about 20 minutes before Bree and Megan Barrick, so a little uncomfortable?  Yes.  It turns out though […]

A bunch of our favorite people decided to participate in the Angel Tree program this year instead of swapping gifts.  Not everyone could join us at the mall, but we did have donations from everyone! We were told the biggest need this year was for coats and shoes, so we set off to make our […]

Saturday was Ben’s extended family’s annual graham cracker house event.  We had a blast, even though we were a little bit late.   Power tools + graham cracker houses= serious business. The finished product!  The drill was totally worth it!

Ben and I were married on November 8, 2008.  We couldn’t have been happier to be surrounded by all of our dearest friends and family to celebrate with us.   Ben surprised me with the best getaway vehicle ever! It was a beautiful day and we couldn’t have been more grateful for all who came […]

The declaration of independence is currently on a 15 city tour.  The past two days its stop was at the newly opened State Capitol.  My mom, being a teacher of American History, decided it would be fun to go see it.  That being said, our entire family – Rob and Megan included – made the […]

We’ve been threatening to do it all summer, and we finally got around to it the other night. We made a slip and slide in Ben’s backyard and convinced his whole family they needed to participate for family night. We even waited until after dark to satisfy Ben’s environmental concern, so none of the water […]

In an effort to get our families to branch out a little bit, we decided it would be fun to talk all of them into tubing the Provo River with us. My dad and brothers were in California, so my mom, myself, and Ben’s entire family made the trek to Utah County, where we planned […]

I have to admit.  I’m pretty proud of myself.  A couple of weeks ago I actually made it on my bike the entire way to Elephant Rock.  Ben was really patient with me, considering that it took me positively forever, I was scared to death, and my legs looked like they’d been shredded with a […]

I am disappointed to announce that Legacy Highway is now complete and  fenced off so well that it is near impossible for a cyclist to ride on it. Thankfully we got a few rides in before we got shut off. It was a blast. Here are some pictures. Dad took all these pictures while riding… […]

We got the boat out to Pineview Reservoir early Saturday morning for the first time this summer. It was a blast. Some highlights: We got the tube out for the first time in years. It’s a bit…smaller than I remembered, and it’s a tough squeeze to get two adults on there. My whole body hurt […]

Road trips are the best. Ben and I spent 9 days driving around, visiting friends and family, and hanging out on the beach. Some of the highlights: Sand Hollow: The first place we went was to see Cody! He’s home from Cape Verde! It was so fun to see him and so sweet of his […]